Sri Lanka is looking very strong at the moment. They are 306/3 at the end of first day's play with Angelo Mathews and Kamindu Mendis at the crease. New Zealand has failed to overcome their weakness in sub-continental conditions. William O’Rourke and Ajaz Patel performed decently in the first match, but they failed this time. A lot was expected from Mitchell Santner and Glenn Phillips as well, but they also failed to take wickets. Maybe the New Zealand captain need to use Rachin Ravindra more frequently in these spin-friendly conditions.
With Sri Lanka's wicket falling for the team's second run, it looked like the match might be under pressure for Sri Lanka, but later Karunaratne and Dinesh Chandimal formed a partnership that changed the momentum of the match. However, the bowlers of New Zealand could not benefit at all in today's innings, but today was completely in favor of Sri Lanka. Is New Zealand on the way to a whitewash in the two-match Test series? If Sri Lanka can score big then whitewash is only a matter of time.